Spindle



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SPINDLE.

No. 580,727. Patented Apr. 13,'1897.

141mm Sezeef,

UNITED STATESr PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM SCHEID, OF HARRISON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE DRAPER COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

sPlNDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,727, dated April 13, 1897. Application nea December ze, 1896. serial No. 617,335. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ADAM SCHEID, a citizen of the United States, residing in Harrison, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spindles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a support for spinning-spindles which will allow the spindle suicient yielding motion to adjust itself to an unbalanced load, and in which support the amount of yielding movement can be easily and quickly regulated without interfering with the operation of the spindle.

The invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim. l Y

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views, Figure l is a front elevation of my improved spindle-support, and Fig. 2 an underneath view thereof.

The spindle-rail Ct is provided with avertical hole or opening o', penetrated by the tube b, which is of smaller diameter than the internal diameter of said hole. The lower projecting portion bof said tube b is reduced in diameter and forms a shoulder c4 with the said tube, as clearly shown. On the said lower portion b is adjustably secured, by means of the set-screw c', the ring or collar c, bearing against the elastic washer d, which latter, together with the shoulder c4, forms an annular groove engaged by the forked portions of the dat spring-plates 7L. Said springplates are arranged opposite each otherand are secured at or near their outer ends by means of the set-screws m to the under side of the rail and are separated therefrom by the elastic plates or washers t'. The spindle e, which is provided with the sleeve f and whirl g, has its step and bolster bearing in the tube b and its projecting portion b', as will be manifest.

From the foregoing it can be seen that the said tube b is loosely arranged in the spindlerail and rests on, or, better, is supported by, the forked inner ends of the fiat plates hand is prevented from moving upward by means of the collar or ring c. The plates h have sufficient spring-power to allow the tube b a yielding motion, which latter can easily be regulated by operating the set-screws m or by adjusting the ring c and thus reducing the width of the annular groove formed by the shoulder c4 and the elastic washer d.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the spindle-rail, of a tube loosely arranged in said rail and 'provided with an annular shoulder, two oppositely-arranged plates secured with their outer portions to the under side of the rail and having their inner portions fork-shaped and adapted to engage with said fork-shaped portions the said shoulder, a ring or collar adjustably arranged on the tube and below said plates, and a whirl-driven spindle in said tube,all said parts, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the spindle-rail, of a tube loosely arranged in said rail and provided with an annular shoulder, two oppositely-arranged plates secured with their outer portions to the under side of the rail and having their inner portions fork-shaped and adapted to engage with said fork-shaped portions the said shoulder, a ring or collar adjustably arranged on the tube and below said plates, an elastic washer between said ring or collar and the fork-shaped innerportions of said plates, and a whirl-driven spindle in said tube, all said parts, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the spindle-rail, of a tube loosely arranged in said rail and provided below said rail 'with an annular shoulder, two oppositely-arranged plates adjustably secured with their outer portions to the under side of the rail and having their inner portions fork-shaped and adapted to engage with said fork-shaped portions the said shoulder, an elastic plate or washer be- IOO tween each outer end of said plateand the 1n` testimony that I claim the foregoing I rail, a ring oricollar adjustably arranged on 'have hereunto set my hand `this 17th day of 1o the tube and below said plates, au elastic December, 1896.

Washer between said ring or collar and the y; fork-shaped inner portions of said plates, and ADAM SCHEID a whirl-driven spindle in said tube, all said Witnesses: parts, substantially as and for the purposes ALF-RED GARTNER,

described. n WM. D. BELL. 

